OT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-19 Thread Alan Litchfield
Actually Richard... On 19/07/13 8:41 AM, Combs, Richard wrote: > John Posada wrote: > >> Off list. Aside from it is interesting to a small subset, its just plain >> boring now. > You think that's boring? The logical next topic is: Should the debate about > whether the CC discussion belongs

RE: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-18 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
As has been stated before, we obviously think differently. My perspective is that new versions of software generally do have bug fixes, code improvements, etc., and in general run better, faster, with new features, etc. So, I *prefer* to upgrade when new versions are released - although this

RE: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-18 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again) ...and please stop taking up bandwidth about an issue that has not been announced as an issue by the TCS team! -Matt Matt R. Sullivan co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11http://framemaker11book.com/ P: 714.798.7596

OT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-18 Thread Matt Sullivan
Bandwidth is measured also by the number of emails one can reasonably read (and respond to) in a given length of time. I can't be the only person who is tired of reading about reactions to the CS licensing model on this FrameMaker forum… I don't know anything about Adobe's plans. Everyone's

Re: OT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-18 Thread Writer
And on the other side of the fence... I find it an interesting discussion. And I prefer to have it on this list since I don't participate in many other lists. Sorry, Matt, my vote is for keep it online. Nadine Bandwidth is measured also by the number of emails one can reasonably read (and

Re: OT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-18 Thread John Posada
Off list. Aside from it is interesting to a small subset, its just plain boring now. On Jul 18, 2013 4:18 PM, Writer generic...@yahoo.ca wrote: And on the other side of the fence... I find it an interesting discussion. And I prefer to have it on this list since I don't participate in many

RE: OT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-18 Thread Fred Ridder
having to fork out a kilobuck or more up-front. -Fred Ridder Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 13:14:40 -0700 From: generic...@yahoo.ca Subject: Re: OT!!!: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again) To: m...@mattrsullivan.com; syed.hos...@aeris.net; framers@lists.frameusers.com And on the other

Re: OT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-18 Thread Matt Sullivan
Thx!(and grateful for not starting a flame war on the topic!) -MattMatt R. Sullivanco-authorPublishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11P:714.798.7596 |C:714.585.2335 |m...@mattrsullivan.com@mattrsullivanLinkedInfacebookmattrsullivan.com On Jul 18, 2013, at 1:32 PM, "Syed Zaeem Hosain

RE: OT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-18 Thread Combs, Richard
John Posada wrote: Off list. Aside from it is interesting to a small subset, its just plain boring now. You think that's boring? The logical next topic is: Should the debate about whether the CC discussion belongs off-list or on-list be off-list or on-list? ;-) Richard G. Combs Senior

RE: OT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-18 Thread Zimmerman, Gary
: Thursday, July 18, 2013 1:15 PM To: m...@mattrsullivan.com; Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net); framers@lists.frameusers.com List Subject: Re: OT!!!: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again) And on the other side of the fence... I find it an interesting discussion. And I prefer

Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-18 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
As has been stated before, we obviously think differently. My perspective is that new versions of software generally do have bug fixes, code improvements, etc., and in general run better, faster, with new features, etc. So, I *prefer* to upgrade when new versions are released - although this

Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-18 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
c: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again) ...and please stop taking up bandwidth about an issue that has not been announced as an issue by the TCS team! -Matt Matt R. Sullivan co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11<http://framemaker1

OT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-18 Thread Matt Sullivan
Bandwidth is measured also by the number of emails one can reasonably read (and respond to) in a given length of time. I can't be the only person who is tired of reading about reactions to the CS licensing model on this FrameMaker forum? I don't know anything about Adobe's plans. Everyone's

OT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-18 Thread Writer
And on the other side of the fence... I find it an interesting discussion. And I prefer to have it on this list since I don't participate in many other lists. Sorry, Matt, my vote is for keep it online. Nadine > >Bandwidth is measured also by the number of emails one can reasonably read

OT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-18 Thread John Posada
Off list. Aside from it is interesting to a small subset, its just plain boring now. On Jul 18, 2013 4:18 PM, "Writer" wrote: > And on the other side of the fence... > > I find it an interesting discussion. And I prefer to have it on this list > since I don't participate in many other lists. > >

OT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-18 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Hi, all. I'll respect the requests and keep my comments off-line (other than this last one) But only until after my belief/speculation/prediction comes true: when - not if - FrameMaker upgrades/licensing is foisted on us as subscription model, it will be fair game again. This will be

OT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-18 Thread Fred Ridder
having to fork out a kilobuck or more up-front. -Fred Ridder > Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 13:14:40 -0700 > From: generic668 at yahoo.ca > Subject: Re: OT!!!: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again) > To: matt at mattrsullivan.com; Syed.Hosain at aeris.net; framers at > lists

OT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-18 Thread Matt Sullivan
Thx! (and grateful for not starting a flame war on the topic!) -Matt Matt R. Sullivan co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11 P: 714.798.7596 | C: 714.585.2335 | matt at mattrsullivan.com @mattrsullivan LinkedIn facebook mattrsullivan.com On Jul 18, 2013, at 1:32 PM,

OT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-18 Thread Combs, Richard
John Posada wrote: > Off list. Aside from it is interesting to a small subset, its just plain > boring now. You think that's boring? The logical next topic is: Should the debate about whether the CC discussion belongs off-list or on-list be off-list or on-list? ;-) Richard G. Combs Senior

OT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-18 Thread Combs, Richard
Alan Litchfield wrote: > Actually Richard... > On 19/07/13 8:41 AM, Combs, Richard wrote: > John Posada wrote: > > Off list. Aside from it is interesting to a small subset, its just plain > boring now. > > You think that's boring? The logical next topic is: Should the debate about > whether the

OT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-18 Thread Zimmerman, Gary
nt: Thursday, July 18, 2013 1:15 PM > To: matt at mattrsullivan.com; Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net); > framers at lists.frameusers.com List > Subject: Re: OT!!!!!!!: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again) > > And on the other side of the fence... > > I

OT: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-17 Thread David Creamer
If you already own a perpetual license version, you don't have to stop using it. But if you start out as a renter, you do. And if you own a perpetual license, such as CS6, and then rent CC as your new upgrade path, when you stop paying, there's a good chance that your current files will

RE: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-17 Thread Combs, Richard
David Creamer wrote: If you already own a perpetual license version, you don't have to stop using it. But if you start out as a renter, you do. And if you own a perpetual license, such as CS6, and then rent CC as your new upgrade path, when you stop paying, there's a good chance that

OT: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-17 Thread David Creamer
If you already own a perpetual license version, you don't have to stop using it. But if you start out as a renter, you do. And if you own a perpetual license, such as CS6, and then rent CC as your new upgrade path, when you stop paying, there's a good chance that your current files will

Re: OT: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-17 Thread Mike Wickham
Read my note again. I didn't say CS6 would stop working. I said that files created in the CC version may not always be backward compatible with CS6. Right now, I don't know if CC has introduced any features that create files that aren't backward compatible, but each new edition of Photoshop

RE: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-17 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
7.2 and you will see what happens. Z -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of David Creamer Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 3:53 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: OT: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again

RE: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-17 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
, 2013 7:39 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: OT: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again) If you already own a perpetual license version, you don't have to stop using it. But if you start out as a renter, you do. And if you own a perpetual license, such as CS6, and then rent CC as your new

Re: OT: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-17 Thread Grant Hogarth
David, it seems logical to me: if the CC licence is for version 6, and your CS version is 6, flies created with the cloud version won't be able to be opened with your local version. Just like you cannot open FM version 10 files in FM version 9. Grant On 7/17/2013 4:52 AM, David Creamer

Re: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-17 Thread Robert Lauriston
So if you don't like the new licensing model, don't upgrade. I can't imagine much useful that Adobe's going to add to those apps that they don't do already. On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) syed.hos...@aeris.net wrote: Ummm ... I believe that his point

Re: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-17 Thread Matt Sullivan
…and please stop taking up bandwidth about an issue that has not been announced as an issue by the TCS team! -MattMatt R. Sullivanco-authorPublishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11P:714.798.7596 |C:714.585.2335 |m...@mattrsullivan.com@mattrsullivanLinkedInfacebookmattrsullivan.com On

OT: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-17 Thread David Creamer
> If you already own a perpetual license version, you don't have to stop > using it. But if you start out as a renter, you do. And if you own a > perpetual license, such as CS6, and then rent CC as your new upgrade > path, when you stop paying, there's a good chance that your current > files

Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-17 Thread Combs, Richard
David Creamer wrote: > > If you already own a perpetual license version, you don't have to stop > > using it. But if you start out as a renter, you do. And if you own a > > perpetual license, such as CS6, and then rent CC as your new upgrade > > path, when you stop paying, there's a good chance

OT: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-17 Thread David Creamer
> If you already own a perpetual license version, you don't have to stop > using it. But if you start out as a renter, you do. And if you own a > perpetual license, such as CS6, and then rent CC as your new upgrade > path, when you stop paying, there's a good chance that your current > files

OT: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-17 Thread Mike Wickham
Read my note again. I didn't say CS6 would stop working. I said that files created in the CC version may not always be backward compatible with CS6. Right now, I don't know if CC has introduced any features that create files that aren't backward compatible, but each new edition of Photoshop

Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-17 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
reading FM 11 files in FM 7.2 and you will see what happens. Z -Original Message- From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of David Creamer Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 3:53 AM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject:

Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-17 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
17, 2013 7:39 AM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: OT: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again) > If you already own a perpetual license version, you don't have to stop > using it. But if you start out as a renter, you do. And if you own a > perpetual license, such as CS6, and the

OT: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-17 Thread Grant Hogarth
David, it seems logical to me: if the CC licence is for version >6, and your CS version is 6, flies created with the cloud version won't be able to be opened with your local version. Just like you cannot open FM version 10 files in FM version 9. Grant On 7/17/2013 4:52 AM, David Creamer

Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-17 Thread Robert Lauriston
So if you don't like the new licensing model, don't upgrade. I can't imagine much useful that Adobe's going to add to those apps that they don't do already. On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net) wrote: > Ummm ... I believe that his point was that, in time,

Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-17 Thread Matt Sullivan
?and please stop taking up bandwidth about an issue that has not been announced as an issue by the TCS team! -Matt Matt R. Sullivan co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11 P: 714.798.7596 | C: 714.585.2335 | matt at mattrsullivan.com @mattrsullivan LinkedIn facebook

Re: OT: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-13 Thread Robert Lauriston
I really don't understand this reasoning that if you can't update your software every year or whatever you have to stop using it. I never upgrade my tools unless there's a compelling reason to do so. FrameMaker upgrades in particular have been one step forward, two steps back, since version 8.

Re: OT: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-13 Thread Mike Wickham
If you already own a perpetual license version, you don't have to stop using it. But if you start out as a renter, you do. And if you own a perpetual license, such as CS6, and then rent CC as your new upgrade path, when you stop paying, there's a good chance that your current files will no

OT: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-13 Thread Robert Lauriston
I really don't understand this reasoning that if you can't update your software every year or whatever you have to stop using it. I never upgrade my tools unless there's a compelling reason to do so. FrameMaker upgrades in particular have been one step forward, two steps back, since version 8.

OT: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-13 Thread Mike Wickham
If you already own a perpetual license version, you don't have to stop using it. But if you start out as a renter, you do. And if you own a perpetual license, such as CS6, and then rent CC as your new upgrade path, when you stop paying, there's a good chance that your current files will no

OT: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-12 Thread Steve Rickaby
I have just had a software vendor ring me to enquire about my future software needs, and to extol the virtues of Adobe's 'creative cloud', which she had just finished training up on. Boy did she get more than she was bargaining for ;-) I pointed out that I had been planning to upgrade (with

Re: OT: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-12 Thread Mike Wickham
Steve, I'm with you. I used to be a huge Adobe fan. I have loved and praised Adobe software far and wide. It's not cheap, but it is very capable and works very well. Now, I find myself hating Adobe. I'm not just disappointed with the CC subscription model, I'm fuming. I complain about it every

RE: OT: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-12 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
, July 12, 2013 8:31 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: OT: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again) Steve, I'm with you. I used to be a huge Adobe fan. I have loved and praised Adobe software far and wide. It's not cheap, but it is very capable and works very well. Now, I find myself hating

RE: OT: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-12 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
I apologize for helping this topic spill into the FrameMaker arena where, so far, the subscription model has not been forced on us. Hopefully, Adobe won't also make that bad decision or they will find that they have lost the last bit of their revenue stream from me. Given the fact that I

Re: OT: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-12 Thread Roger Shuttleworth
Hi Steve You may know this already, but Xara is a credible alternative to Illustrator, and a lot cheaper. Dunno about any of the others though... Regards, Roger On 12/07/2013 11:46 AM, Steve Rickaby wrote: I have just had a software vendor ring me to enquire about my future software needs,

OT: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-12 Thread Steve Rickaby
I have just had a software vendor ring me to enquire about my future software needs, and to extol the virtues of Adobe's 'creative cloud', which she had just finished training up on. Boy did she get more than she was bargaining for ;-) I pointed out that I had been planning to upgrade (with

OT: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-12 Thread Mike Wickham
Steve, I'm with you. I used to be a huge Adobe fan. I have loved and praised Adobe software far and wide. It's not cheap, but it is very capable and works very well. Now, I find myself hating Adobe. I'm not just disappointed with the CC subscription model, I'm fuming. I complain about it every

OT: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-12 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
ke Wickham Sent: Friday, July 12, 2013 8:31 AM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: OT: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again) Steve, I'm with you. I used to be a huge Adobe fan. I have loved and praised Adobe software far and wide. It's not cheap, but it is very capable and works very well. Now

OT: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-12 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
> I apologize for helping this topic spill into the FrameMaker arena where, so > far, the subscription model has not been forced on us. > Hopefully, Adobe won't also make that bad decision or they will find that > they have lost the last bit of their revenue stream from me. Given the fact that

OT: Adobe 'Creative Cloud' (again)

2013-07-12 Thread Roger Shuttleworth
Hi Steve You may know this already, but Xara is a credible alternative to Illustrator, and a lot cheaper. Dunno about any of the others though... Regards, Roger On 12/07/2013 11:46 AM, Steve Rickaby wrote: > I have just had a software vendor ring me to enquire about my future software >